Harry bucklin



No. 620,274. Patented Feb. 28,1899. H. BUCKLIN.

- WALL BACK FOR DRYING CLOTHES.

(Application filed July 15, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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HARRY BUCKLIN, OF MANOHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO GEORGE WV. RIEF, OF SAME PLACE.

WALL-RACK'FOR DRYING CLOTHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,274, dated February28, 1899.

Application flled July 15, 1898. Serial No. 686,008. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY BUOKLIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manchester, in the county of Hillsborough and State of NewHampshire,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWall-Racks for Drying Clothes; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact de-' scription of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to wall-racks designed for drying smallarticles-such, for instance, as napkins, handkerchiefs, and towels-theobject being to provide for this purpose a suspended frame capable ofadjustment low enough to enable a short woman to hang any articlesthereon and high enough to be entirely out of the way while the clothesare drying.

The invention will be fully understood by reference to the followingspecification and claims and to the drawings accompanying and forming apart of the same, of which Figure 1 is a broken elevation of my improvedwall-rack complete. Fig. 2 is a broken plan of the same. Fig. 3 is anenlarged vertical section showing a portion of several movable arms withtheir separators and the rod upon which they are mounted, Fig. 4 beingan enlarged detail broken plan of one of the movable arms.

Similar reference-letters denote corresponding parts in all the views.

A represents suitable plates which may be attached by small screws a tothe wall of a room, the latter being represented at X X.

B are bars attachable to said plates A by a rivet, or a screw 1) maypass through both plate and bar, as shown, and this may be long enoughto reach a joist, and thus secure the plates A without the use of thescrews (1. The ends of the bars B are perforated for the reception ofthe vertical rods 0, on which a suitable carriage mounting theclothes-dryin g arms may be mounted. This may consist of upper and underhead blocks or plates D, having perforations for receiving the rods 0and a central perforation for the reception of a rod E, on which may becarried as many clothesdrying arms F as desired between the headblocksD. This rod E may be headed at both ends or provided with a head 6 atone end and may be fitted with a threaded nut e at the other, and thearms F are preferably separated by collars G, and in order that thelatter may not bear too closely upon said arms F the said arms arebushed with metal tubes f, the ends of which extend slightly beyond thesides of said arms, which move from side to side in a horizontal courseupon the said tubes f instead of the'rod E, the tubes f and collars Gbeing held rigid between the heads D by the threaded nut e on the rod E.

The rods 0 should be three or more feet long, according to the height ofa room in which the device is to be placed, the idea being to place thelower plate A at a proper elevation on a wall to permit the arms F to bebrought within easy reach of the user and then to be elevated highenough to be entirely out of the way of persons passing through theroom. The required vertical movement of the device may be convenientlyaccomplished by means of a cord I, attached by means of the ear cl,having a perforation cl, to the upper head-block D and passing upwardover a grooved pulley I-I, carried in an extension 1), formed for thepurpose on the upper cross-bar B, passing thence down ward through aslotted projection b formed upon the lower of the cross-bars B. Suitablestops may be attached to the cord I for engaging the under side of theprojection b or said cord may be knotted, as at v for this purpose, asshown. By this means the device may be elevated and so retained atvarious heights desired by a user.

Having described my improvements, what I claim is- 1. In a.clothes-drier, a frame comprising top and bottom plates connected byvertical rods and adapted for attachment to the wall,horizontally-rotative arms on which to dry clothes mounted one above theother on a vertical rod attached at each end to a head-block forming acarriage vertically movable upon said rods, the said movable carriage,and suitable means for holding said carriage at any desired elevation,substantially for the purpose set forth.

2. In a clothes-drier,suitable plates adapted xco for attachment oneabove the other to the wall of a room, vertical rods connecting saidplates, a carriage mounted upon said rods and comprising head-blocks anda rod connecting the same provided with a rigid head at one end and athreaded nut at the other, horizontally-rotative arms perforated nearone end and having tubes which protrude slightly at each side of saidarms for mounting on the [0 rod of said carriage, a series of collarsmounted on saidrod between the tubes, andmeans for holding said carriageat any desired elevation, substantially for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY BUCKLIN.

\Vitnesses:

J. B. THURSTON, G. A. How.

